Actual slaughter under federal inspection — 09.05.09
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Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Day, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 9, 2009
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine 1/Bison
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Head
Monday 127,395 3,170 396,765 8,395 3,285 0 118
Tuesday 128,413 3,354 403,615 8,621 2,546 0 218
Wednesday 127,937 3,604 396,907 6,477 1,868 0 241
Thursday 124,812 2,338 411,380 8,568 2,732 0 195
Friday 127,033 3,600 381,867 7,155 1,881 0 209
Saturday 19,872 2 25,114 27 38 0 1
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Total 655,462 16,068 2,015,648 39,243 12,350 0 982
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & Gilts 96.7 %Lambs & Yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.9 %Mature Sheep 6.5
%Cows 17.2 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 1.8
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1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not
require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally
Inspected plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 9, 2009
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Production Species and Class Live Weight Dressed Weight
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Mil. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
Beef 501.6 Cattle 1,265 768
Steers 822
Heifers 755
Cows 612
Bulls 888
Calves & Veal 2.6 Calves 278 165
Pork 409.7 Hogs 272 203
Barrows & Gilts 200
Sows 304
Boars 197
Lamb & Mutton 2.9 Sheep 147 74
Mature Sheep 65
Lambs & Yearlings 74
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Total Meat
Production 916.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 9, 2009
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: : Number of : Percent
Species : Class : Head : of Total
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Cattle : TOTAL : 655,462
: Steers : 339,198 51.7
: Heifers : 191,223 29.2
: Dairy Cows : 50,540 7.7
: Other Cows : 62,493 9.5
: Bulls : 12,008 1.8
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Calves : TOTAL : 16,068
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Hogs : TOTAL : 2,015,648
: Barrows/Gilts : 1,949,449 96.7
: Sows : 57,611 2.9
: Boars : 8,588 0.4
: :
Sheep : TOTAL : 39,243
: Mature Sheep : 2,543 6.5
: Lamb/Yearlings : 36,700 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class, U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 9, 2009
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: Number of Head Slaughtered
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Day : : : S&H as : : : D&O as
of : : : % of : Dairy : Other : % of
Week : Steers : Heifers : Cattle : Cows : Cows : Cattle
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Mon. : 63,027 41,437 82.0 7,791 12,868 16.2
Tue. : 68,916 34,947 80.9 10,591 11,417 17.1
Wed. : 67,035 36,508 80.9 9,812 12,267 17.3
Thu. : 64,275 35,684 80.1 10,532 11,934 18.0
Fri. : 65,974 37,351 81.3 9,844 11,573 16.9
Sat. : 9,971 5,296 76.8 1,970 2,434 22.2
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Total : 339,198 191,223 80.9 50,540 62,493 17.2
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Source: USDA Market News/NASS St. Joseph, MO
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